2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.295 Programs of state universities.
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164.295 Programs of state universities.
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(2)
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(5)
The six (6) state universities:
(a) Shall provide, upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education,
associate and baccalaureate programs of instruction;
(b) Shall provide, upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education,
graduate programs of instruction at the master's-degree level in education,
business, and the arts and sciences, specialist degrees, and programs beyond
the master's-degree level to meet the requirements for teachers, school leaders,
and other certified personnel; and
(c) Shall provide research and service programs directly related to the needs of
their primary geographical areas.
A comprehensive university may provide:
(a) Programs of a community college nature in their own community comparable
to those listed for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, as
provided in KRS 164.580;
(b) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, an advanced
practice doctoral program in nursing in compliance with KRS 314.111 and
314.131; and
(c) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, a maximum of
three (3) advanced practice doctoral programs including a program approved
under paragraph (b) of this subsection and an Ed.D. program approved under
subsection (1)(b) of this section.
The Council on Postsecondary Education, in consultation with the Advisory
Conference of Presidents pursuant to KRS 164.021, shall develop criteria and
conditions upon which an advanced practice doctoral degree program may be
approved. The criteria shall include but not be limited to a determination of the
academic and workforce needs for a program, consideration of whether the program
can be effectively delivered through a collaborative effort with an existing program
at another public university within the Commonwealth, and the capacity of a
university to effectively offer the program. A university requesting approval of an
advanced practice doctoral program shall be required to provide assurance that
funding for the program will not impair funding of any existing program at any
other public university. The university shall make an annual report to the council
identifying the full cost of and all funding sources for each approved doctoral
program and the performance of each approved program. Nothing in this subsection
shall prohibit the council from approving a doctoral program under consideration at
a comprehensive university prior to the effective date of the administrative
regulations required by subsection (4) of this section, provided that the council
determines that the conditions and criteria set out in this subsection have been met.
The council shall promulgate administrative regulations setting forth the agreed-on
criteria and conditions identified under subsection (3) of this section.
The council shall submit the approval process to the Interim Joint Committee on
Education by October 15, 2011.
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(7)
The council shall, with the unanimous consent of the members of the Advisory
Conference of Presidents pursuant to KRS 164.021, make a recommendation to the
Interim Joint Committee on Education as to whether any portion of subsection (2)
of this section should be amended.
A comprehensive university shall not:
(a) Offer the terminal degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Musical Arts,
or first professional degrees in the fields of architecture, medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, law, or engineering. The existing school of law at Northern
Kentucky is exempted from the requirements of this paragraph; or
(b) Describe itself in official publications or in marketing materials as a research
university or research institution. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
as precluding a comprehensive university from conducting basic, applied, or
translational research.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 95, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 155, sec. 109, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 3. -Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 5. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 5.
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